diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/devilspie2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/devilspie2/default.nix
index 8fc86ff3a3ba..a9d002d49331 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/devilspie2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/devilspie2/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   intltool,
   pkg-config,
   glib,
-  gtk,
+  gtk3,
   lua,
   libwnck,
 }:
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
   buildInputs = [
     glib
-    gtk
+    gtk3
     lua
     libwnck
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/girara/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/girara/default.nix
index 20c7b060a78e..a1fdd3de369d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/girara/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/girara/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   dbus,
   xvfb-run,
   glib,
-  gtk,
+  gtk3,
   gettext,
   libiconv,
   json-glib,
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     glib
-    gtk
+    gtk3
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/swappy/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/swappy/default.nix
index 848e73ff2df3..91afa5de1f1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/swappy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/swappy/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   wayland,
   cairo,
   pango,
-  gtk,
+  gtk3,
   pkg-config,
   scdoc,
   libnotify,
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [
     cairo
     pango
-    gtk
+    gtk3
     libnotify
     wayland
     glib
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
index 899e1ee92fba..3ca3f6b8655a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   json-glib,
   desktop-file-utils,
   python3,
-  gtk,
+  gtk3,
   girara,
   gettext,
   gnome,
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   buildInputs =
     [
-      gtk
+      gtk3
       girara
       libintl
       sqlite
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix
index 88241856632d..9290e079d480 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   newScope,
-  gtk3,
   useMupdf ? true,
 }:
 
@@ -15,8 +14,6 @@ lib.makeScope newScope (
   {
     inherit useMupdf;
 
-    gtk = gtk3;
-
     zathura_core = callPackage ./core { };
 
     zathura_pdf_poppler = callPackage ./pdf-poppler { };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/djvu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/djvu/default.nix
index 87ac40d1b204..70761922fc6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/djvu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/djvu/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   meson,
   ninja,
   pkg-config,
-  gtk,
+  gtk3,
   zathura_core,
   girara,
   djvulibre,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     djvulibre
     gettext
     zathura_core
-    gtk
+    gtk3
     girara
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/surf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/surf/default.nix
index 2e8e52b3efe4..8a38ab27a506 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/surf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/surf/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   gcr,
   glib-networking,
   gsettings-desktop-schemas,
-  gtk,
+  gtk2,
   libsoup_2_4,
   webkitgtk_4_0,
   xorg,
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       gcr
       glib-networking
       gsettings-desktop-schemas
-      gtk
+      gtk2
       libsoup_2_4
       webkitgtk_4_0
     ]
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/ftp/gftp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/ftp/gftp/default.nix
index 361abf88c2d8..9f6a1f4fb2f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/ftp/gftp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/ftp/gftp/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   autoconf,
   automake,
   gettext,
-  gtk,
+  gtk2,
   intltool,
   libtool,
   ncurses,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    gtk
+    gtk2
     ncurses
     openssl
     readline
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/grisbi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/grisbi/default.nix
index e28b7614b7f1..b58bdc620c46 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/grisbi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/grisbi/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  gtk,
+  gtk3,
   pkg-config,
   libgsf,
   libofx,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    gtk
+    gtk3
     libgsf
     libofx
     adwaita-icon-theme
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/stupidterm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/stupidterm/default.nix
index 379bd1d94278..7d82681b92df 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/stupidterm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/stupidterm/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pkg-config,
   vte,
-  gtk,
+  gtk3,
   pcre2,
   nixosTests,
 }:
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildInputs = [
     vte
-    gtk
+    gtk3
     pcre2
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/rox/rox-filer/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/rox/rox-filer/default.nix
index cffa6eca1bf7..841e70157316 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/rox/rox-filer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/rox/rox-filer/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   pkg-config,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
   libxml2,
-  gtk,
+  gtk2,
   libSM,
   shared-mime-info,
 }:
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
   buildInputs = [
     libxml2
-    gtk
+    gtk2
     shared-mime-info
     libSM
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-mac-integration/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-mac-integration/default.nix
index 383fab6b5f68..d2d56bec0da0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-mac-integration/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-mac-integration/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
   pkg-config,
   glib,
   gtk-doc,
-  gtk,
+  gtk ? gtk3,
+  gtk3,
   gobject-introspection,
 }:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xbindkeys-config/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xbindkeys-config/default.nix
index 660c1e2c8843..3a0bb35223cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/xbindkeys-config/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xbindkeys-config/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchurl,
-  gtk,
+  gtk2,
   pkg-config,
   procps,
   makeWrapper,
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pkg-config
     makeWrapper
   ];
-  buildInputs = [ gtk ];
+  buildInputs = [ gtk2 ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/x/xbindkeys-config/xbindkeys-config_${version}.orig.tar.gz";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/gbdfed/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/gbdfed/default.nix
index 1d72d2c05f44..71e89cf5b38f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/gbdfed/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/gbdfed/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   fetchurl,
   pkg-config,
   freetype,
-  gtk,
+  gtk2-x11,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [
     freetype
-    gtk
+    gtk2-x11
   ];
 
   patches = [ ./Makefile.patch ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ed74ff44032a..6b27c8d54ba2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1644,9 +1644,7 @@ with pkgs;
   xst = callPackage ../applications/terminal-emulators/st/xst.nix { };
   mcaimi-st = callPackage ../applications/terminal-emulators/st/mcaimi-st.nix { };
 
-  stupidterm = callPackage ../applications/terminal-emulators/stupidterm {
-    gtk = gtk3;
-  };
+  stupidterm = callPackage ../applications/terminal-emulators/stupidterm { };
 
   termite = callPackage ../applications/terminal-emulators/termite/wrapper.nix {
     termite = termite-unwrapped;
@@ -2684,7 +2682,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   steampipePackages = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../tools/misc/steampipe-packages { });
 
-  swappy = callPackage ../applications/misc/swappy { gtk = gtk3; };
+  swappy = callPackage ../applications/misc/swappy { };
 
   synth = callPackage ../tools/misc/synth {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AppKit Security;
@@ -3132,9 +3130,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   dconf2nix = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/dconf2nix { };
 
-  devilspie2 = callPackage ../applications/misc/devilspie2 {
-    gtk = gtk3;
-  };
+  devilspie2 = callPackage ../applications/misc/devilspie2 { };
 
   ddcui = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/ddcui { };
 
@@ -3484,13 +3480,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gawkInteractive = gawk.override { interactive = true; };
 
-  gbdfed = callPackage ../tools/misc/gbdfed {
-    gtk = gtk2-x11;
-  };
+  gbdfed = callPackage ../tools/misc/gbdfed { };
 
-  gftp = callPackage ../applications/networking/ftp/gftp {
-    gtk = gtk2;
-  };
+  gftp = callPackage ../applications/networking/ftp/gftp { };
 
   ggshield = callPackage ../tools/security/ggshield {
     python3 = python311;
@@ -9606,9 +9598,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gtk-sharp-3_0 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtk-sharp/3.0.nix { };
 
-  gtk-mac-integration = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtk-mac-integration {
-    gtk = gtk3;
-  };
+  gtk-mac-integration = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtk-mac-integration { };
 
   gtk-mac-integration-gtk2 = gtk-mac-integration.override {
     gtk = gtk2;
@@ -14328,9 +14318,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gimpPlugins = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../applications/graphics/gimp/plugins { });
 
-  girara = callPackage ../applications/misc/girara {
-    gtk = gtk3;
-  };
+  girara = callPackage ../applications/misc/girara { };
 
   gtk-pipe-viewer = perlPackages.callPackage ../applications/video/pipe-viewer { withGtk3 = true; };
 
@@ -14409,7 +14397,7 @@ with pkgs;
   graphicsmagick_q16 = graphicsmagick.override { quantumdepth = 16; };
   graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat = graphicsmagick.imagemagick-compat;
 
-  grisbi = callPackage ../applications/office/grisbi { gtk = gtk3; };
+  grisbi = callPackage ../applications/office/grisbi { };
 
   q4wine = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/q4wine { };
 
@@ -16003,7 +15991,7 @@ with pkgs;
     pythonBindings = true;
   };
 
-  surf = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/surf { gtk = gtk2; };
+  surf = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/surf { };
 
   surge = callPackage ../applications/audio/surge {
     git = gitMinimal;
@@ -17590,9 +17578,7 @@ with pkgs;
   # Needed for elementary's gala, wingpanel and greeter until support for higher versions is provided
   pantheon = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../desktops/pantheon { });
 
-  rox-filer = callPackage ../desktops/rox/rox-filer {
-    gtk = gtk2;
-  };
+  rox-filer = callPackage ../desktops/rox/rox-filer { };
 
   xfce = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../desktops/xfce { });